Te reo Māori - Term 1

Term 1

Mahi Akomanga

Mahi: 1 Greetings & Farewells

Koronga ako:

Students will be able to correctly pronounce commons Māori greetings and farewells
Students will understand when it is appropriate to use some key Māori greetings and farewells
Students will be able to use Māori greetings and farewells

E.g. Kia ora - hello/Hi

Tēnā koutou katoa - greetings to you all

Ata mārie - good morning

Mahi:

Follow this link and watch the video (first 2 minutes only) on vowel sounds and the correct pronunciation of a range of greetings. As you watch the video you must repeat aloud each of the vowels or words that the presenter says. The purpose of this is to practice your pronunciation, and introduce you to some of the greetings and vocabulary that we will be learning this lesson.
Follow this link to a PowerPoint on greetings and farewells. The teacher will take you through the PowerPoint as a class. You need to copy the notes and examples into your book.
Read through the notes on these 3 web pages, and write the examples from each page into your book. Then, complete the online activities on each web page, below the notes. The web-pages are: Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3
Use this Quizlet to learn and/or revise some key greetings and farewells.
In groups of 4, prepare a short 1 minute skit that contains at least 6 x greetings and farewells. You must focus on correct pronunciation when preparing your skit. Each group will present their skits to the class.

Resources:

Greetings & Farewells: Site Link

Resource: Greetings & Farewells list

Quizlet: Greetings & farewells

Use: Te Kākano pages 1, 2, 6-8

Mahi: 2 Commands

Koronga ako:

Students will be able to differentiate between a range of command structures and when/how they are used
Students will be able to understand and follow simple classroom commands
Students will be able to give classroom commands to their classmates

E.g. E noho - Sit down

Kia tūpato - be careful!

Whakarongo mai - listen (here)!

Mahi:

Follow this link to complete the Introduction to Commands tasks. Link
Follow this link and complete tasks from the website on ‘E…!’ commands. Link
Follow this link and complete appropriate tasks from website on ‘Kia….!’ commands. Link
Follow this link and complete ‘Commands - All’ tasks on website. Link
Task: The teacher will say commands to the class in Māori, you must follow the command and act it out. The last 3 students to act out the command (or get it wrong), are out. The last 3 remaining students, win.

Mahi: 3 Possessive Pronouns

Koronga ako:

Students will understand how ‘tōku/taku’ are used to indicate personal possession
Students will be able to use ‘tōku/taku’ to introduce their own names
Students will understand how to use ‘nō hea...koe?’ to ask and explain where people are from
Students will be able to ask their classmates where they are from

E.g. Ko Katarina tōku ingoa - Katarina is my name

Nō Whanganui tōna whaea - Her mother is from Whanganui

Mahi:

The teacher will introduce the class to A/O categories. Follow this link for the resources. Link
Follow this link to complete activities on Informal Possessives. Link
Follow this link to complete tasks on Formal Singular Possessives. Link

Mahi: 4 Pronouns

Koronga ako:

Students will understand how the pronouns ‘au/koe/ia’ are used to say ‘me/you/he/she’
Students will be able to use ‘au/koe/ia’ with ‘ko’ to say ‘me/you/he/she’

E.g. Ko Wiki ahau(au) / I am wiki

Ko Tūmanako koe / you are Tūmanako

Ko Piri ia / he is Piri

Mahi:

The teacher will introduce the class to the pronouns - au/koe/ia.
The teacher will show class the images of how personal pronouns work. Copy the images into your book. Images Link
Follow this link and complete the website activities. Website Link

Mahi: 5 Dual Personal Pronouns

Koranga ako:

Students will be able to recognise when ‘tāua/māua/kōrua/rāua’ should be used to identify pairs of people
Students will be able to translate from Māori to English and vice versa, dual personal pronouns ‘tāua/māua/kōrua/rāua’

E.g. Me haere tāua / We (you and I) should go

Kei te hiakai rāua / Those two are hungry

Mahi:

Follow this link to and complete the tasks on dual personal pronouns. Link

Mahi: 6 Plural Personal Pronouns

Koranga ako:

Students will be able to recognise when ‘tātou/mātou/kōrua/rātou’ should be used to identify groups of 3 or more people
Students will be able to translate from Māori to English and vice versa, plural personal pronouns ‘tātou/mātou/kōrua/rātou’

E.g. Kei te waiata rātou / They (3 or more people) are singing

E kai ana tātou / We (3 or more people) are eating

Mahi:

Follow this link and complete the website activities. Link

Mahi: 7 'He......'

Koranga ako:

Students will become familiar with the Māori names for the parts of the body
Students will be able to translate ‘he’ sentences that are describing people physical characteristics
Students will be able to write ‘he’ sentences using new vocabulary, that describe their own physical characteristics

E.g. He poto ōku waewae / My legs are short

He roa oka makawe / My hair is long

Mahi:

The teacher will take the class through some revision of the possessive pronouns ‘tōku/ōku/taku/aku’
Vocabulary: you will be introduced to the vocabulary for parts of the body. Follow this link to the power point: Link
Copy the vocabulary list from the powerpoint into your books.
Follow this link and use the Quizlet to practice the tinana vocabulary. Quizlet Link
Follow this link to website activities on how to use 'He' to describe people/parts of the body. Website Link
Follow this link and use the Quizlet to practice descriptive words. Quizlet Link
Follow this link to a power point of images. Use these images as a class to practice writing descriptive sentences about each person's appearance. PowerPoint Link
Rule up 2 boxes on a new page in your book. In each box, draw a picture of a person, and write 4 x ‘he’ descriptive sentences about each person (below the picture).
Mahi kāinga: Print a picture of themselves and glue it into your book. Students will write 5 x descriptive sentences about themselves, below their picture.

Mahi: 8 Ko wai…..? - Who....?

Koronga ako:

Students will understand how to ask what someone's name is uing ‘ko wai’ questions
Students will understand how to use different pronouns within ‘ko wai’ questions
Students will be able to ask and answer ‘ko wai’ questions

E.g. Ko wai tō ingoa? - What is your name?

Ko wai tērā? - Who is that?

Mahi:

Follow this link to complete website tasks on - ‘ko wai tō ingoa’ sentences. Make sure you copy the family terms list from website, into your book. Link
The teacher will explain the question ‘ko wai tērā?’ on the whiteboard. Copy the whiteboard examples into your book.
Sit in pairs and practice asking each other ‘ko wai tērā?’ questions while pointing to different members of the class. Your partner should answer your questions using the person's name.
Teacher task: The teacher will take the class through how to ask who a family member is, using the ‘ko wai tō…?’ question structure.
Mahi rākau: using the coloured rākau, make a family of your whānau (tree only needs to include grandparents, parents and siblings). Now in pairs (within table groups), take turns at asking each other ‘ko wai tō...?’ questions about each other's families. Each person should ask their partner 4-5 questions. You should then find a new partner, and complete this task again.